This is a picture of me with my dad. My dad is a town crier, and you may have seen him crop up on our blog from time to time. He used to come to parents' evenings at my school dressed as a pirate. And he once performed a town cry in the nude on Studland nudist beach.
Growing up was hard.
Today he rocked up to Fruit Towers with a little cry he'd written just for us, dedicating it to Gurdeep (who had his birthday yesterday). The camera work is a little shaky, and the battery cuts out halfway through the cry, but like my dad always says, a man in weird clothes ringing a bell and shouting loudly in the middle of an office in London is definitely worth a watch.
Have a listen and if you're feeling creative, get guessing as to what the two and a half missing lines could be and the person who comes closest, or makes us laugh the most, can have some freebies (keep it clean, mind).
Just post your ditties below by Friday 14th August and we'll announce the winner (in the style of my pa) next week.
"from chewing bricks?"
Posted by: Lisabb | August 10, 2009 at 06:09 PM
healthy and your motions quick
Posted by: Michelle Bower | August 10, 2009 at 06:33 PM
3 veg a day gives you your health kick?
. . . the one day I'm out of the office
Posted by: Andrew D @ innocent | August 10, 2009 at 07:18 PM
you bouncy, like a pogo stick.
Posted by: ginnys | August 11, 2009 at 10:59 AM
..upstanding when you're with your chick.
Innocent thickies are oft misconstrued,
They're not viagra, they're healthy fruit food.
Posted by: Charlie Ben-Nathan | August 11, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Oh Yey! Suits you Sir!
Posted by: Sharon | August 12, 2009 at 01:26 PM
...regular but not too quick!
Posted by: Caroline Kay | August 12, 2009 at 01:36 PM
...you healthy and never sick!
Posted by: Natty | August 12, 2009 at 01:50 PM
....belchy but never sick
Posted by: Ned Donovan | August 12, 2009 at 04:51 PM
....guessing which one to pick
Posted by: Judy | August 12, 2009 at 08:52 PM
... healthy and make you tick.
(but that's not two and a half lines, so maybe they've made me dopey and kept me thick!)
Posted by: richard h | August 13, 2009 at 04:12 AM
they keep you... perky, and
you parp most grandly.
Posted by: lydia | August 13, 2009 at 09:20 AM
They keep you chipper
cos they're nice and fic
Posted by: Susie | August 13, 2009 at 10:11 AM
They'll give you a boost
cos they're real darn slick!
Posted by: Marie Darling | August 13, 2009 at 11:41 AM
They keep you regular when it comes to your shits???
Posted by: Ell | August 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Innocent is just a drink, but it keeps you perky and in the Pink!
Posted by: Sally | August 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM
...they keep you healthy so you won't feel ick!
Posted by: KT | August 13, 2009 at 01:47 PM
from that nervous tick!
Posted by: Karen | August 13, 2009 at 02:29 PM
you and your hands from your disco stick?
Posted by: Will | August 13, 2009 at 05:44 PM
innocent smoothies are fine and dandy, they keep you fit and make you randy
innocent veg pots are just the trick, they keep you......
the other 2 and a half lines as requested
"full and your brain less thick
innocent thickies are for the smart, tubs of goodness that don’t make you fart"
Posted by: Karen | August 13, 2009 at 08:30 PM
not quite following on from the Town Cryer.. more me own Town Cryer "Cry"
It's de hot summer
me chillin in deckchair
want summint good
and easy to share
ain’t no problem
got me Innocent stuff
got no Barb E Q
so no huffin and a puff
lay em out for you
cool smoothies
straight from de fridge
chilled out fruit
cool as you please
and if you want
summint hotter,
I got pots, fulla lotta
stuff to eat
that'll give y'all
your vitamin C's
and natural things
proven to be
scientifically
things beneficially
good for you and me
so pop your Veg Pots
wide open and see
it be boss stuff
and incidentally
tastin excellent
wicked
but
Innocently
Posted by: Karen | August 13, 2009 at 09:39 PM
smiling, which one will you pick?
Posted by: Em | August 14, 2009 at 11:09 AM
keeps your hands off the biscuits
Posted by: Jessica W-E | August 17, 2009 at 03:33 PM